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119
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Sunday, 5 October 2025
For October 2025, Maxine was joined by girls including Carys and Thaers for The Gene Radio Show. The main theme of the episode was a recent Girlguiding trip to the Paradox Museum in London, where the girls explored various illusions. This inspired their very own paradox quiz for listeners to play along with.
The show also highlighted several guiding activities. Maxine discussed the Pumpkin Challenge badge, and listeners heard about Sue, the County Commissioner, launching her annual county good turn badge. Other badges mentioned included India badges, and Brownies designed their own family crests. Maxine shared news of her Brownie unit merging and their floor volleyball activities, while girls prepared for camp.
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About this show
The Gene Radio Show was made by Girl Guides, and you could hear it. This was Girlguiding Essex North East’s own programme: Maxine J in the chair, and a rotating crew of young co-hosts from units across the county. They talked about guiding life, swapped community stories, and got politicians and celebrities to sit still for a chat. For more than a decade the microphone belonged to the Guides.
It started on Saint FM 94.7 in Maldon on 3 May 2009. That station has since closed. The on-air seventh birthday landed on 1 May 2016, which is how the Saint FM years add up to 71 editions, the last of them on 1 March 2015. Gene then moved to Chelmsford Community Radio, first Sunday of the month, beginning 5 April 2015 and running until 2 August 2026: 137 editions on CCR, and 133 editions still in the listen-again Jukebox archive. The show has now ended.